PSN Picks the Playoffs: Ricky’s First Round Picks

The other day, I put out my qualifying round picks, with explanations. To save some time for you, my picks were as follows:

Order of Round Robin:

East: Bruins, Lightning, Flyers, Capitals

West: Avalanche, Stars, Blues, Golden Knights

Qualifying Series winners (their seed):

East: Penguins (5), Rangers (11), Islanders (7), Blue Jackets (9)

West: Oilers (5), Predators (6), Canucks (7), Jets (9)

The NHL did not officially announce whether the teams would play in a bracket-style or play the traditional high seed plays low seed style. No matter what it ends up being, be sure to stay posted on Philly Sports Network’s Flyers team to see our predictions on this (now very long) road to the Stanley Cup. For…